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profile but little arched, and the dorsal fin commences midway 

 between the end of the snout and commencement of the caudal. 

 Snout short. Coloration uniform. (M'CL) 

 Sikkim. 



97. Barbus gobioformis. 



Pachystomus (?) gobioformis, Kner, Novara, Fische, p. 353, taf. 15. 

 fig. 4. 



D. 10. A. 8. V. 8. L. lat. 36-38. L. transv. |. 



Dorsal fin without enlarged osseous ray. There are four longitu- 

 dinal series of scales between the lateral line and ventral fin. The 

 height of the body is equal to the length of the head, which is 

 nearly one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; snout of moderate 

 length, longer than the eye ; lower barbel longer than the upper, 

 which is about as long as the eye. The origin of the dorsal fin is a 

 little behind that of the ventrals, and somewhat nearer to the root 

 of the caudal than to the end of the snout. A series of dark round 

 spots along the lateral line, confluent on the anterior part of the 

 body ; dorsal fin crossed by an oblique dark band. {Kner.) 



Said to be from Java, but evidently allied to the East Asiatic 

 typos of Barbvs. 



C. Scales large : three and a half Ion gitwlinal scries between the lateral line 

 and the origin of the dorsal Jin. 



1. Indian. 



a. The third dorsal ray is enlarged and smooth. 



98. Barbus hexastichus. 

 Lobura or Bokar (Assam). 



Barbus hexastichus, M'Clell. Ind. Cyp-in. p. 333, tab. 39. fig. 2 (not 



synon.). 

 hexagonolepis, M'Clell. I. c. p. 336, tab. 41. fig. 3 (very bad). 



D. 12. A. 7-8. L. lat. 24-27. L. transv. 3^/4. 



The OHseous ray is very strong, smooth, about two-thirds as long 

 as the head, which is small, short, two-ninths of the total length 

 (without caudal). There are two series of scales between the lateral 

 line and the root of the ventral fin. Lips moderately thick, lower 

 lip without lobe, with a continuous transverse fold ; mouth inferior. 

 Body moderately compressed, elongate, its depth being one-fourth 

 of the total length (without caudal) ; snout short and obtuse ; 

 operculum much higher than long ; interorbital space very convex. 

 Caudal deeply forked. 



Rivers of the southern slope of the Himalayas. 



a, b-c. Half-grown and young. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodg- 

 son, Esq. 



d-e. Young. Sikkim. From the Collection of Messrs. von Schla- 

 gintweit. 



f. Young: skin. Himalayas. 



ff-h. Nineteen and eighteen inches long: stuffed. Seharunpore. 

 From Griffith's Collection. 



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